pdfextract

PDF extractor using PDFBox.
The jar file can be found at releases.

PDFExtractor

Extract texts, draws and images from PDF.

java -classpath pdfextract.jar PDFExtractor <file or directory> <options...>

Options

• -text: extracts texts
  • -bounding: extracts bounding coordinates
  • -glyph: extracts glyph coordinates
  • -fontName: extracts fontName
• -draw: extracts draws
• -image: extracts images

For example,

java -classpath pdfextract.jar PDFExtractor xxx.pdf -text -bounding

extracts only texts with bounding coordinates from xxx.pdf.

In the figure, blue square indicates bounding coordinates, and red square indicates glyph coordinates.

Output Format

Each line is either one of "TEXT", "DRAW", "IMAGE", or empty.

Text

1. Page number
2. "TEXT"
3. Character
4. [Optional] bounding x coordinate
5. [Optional] bounding y coordinate
6. [Optional] bounding width
7. [Optional] bounding height
8. [Optional] glyph x coordinate
9. [Optional] glyph y coordinate
10. [Optional] glyph width
11. [Optional] glyph height
12. [Optional] Font name

Draw

1. Page number
2. "DRAW"
3. Operation ("LINE_TO", "CURVE_TO", etc.)

Image

1. Page number
2. "IMAGE"
3. x coordinate
4. y coordinate
5. width
6. height

Example

1	TEXT	P	106.4301	754.63226	5.478471	10.705882	106.4301	757.06213	5.424672	5.8550596	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	r	111.90857	754.63226	3.4879298	10.705882	112.31206	758.963	3.290669	3.9541826	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	o	114.99301	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	115.23511	758.963	3.9541826	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	c	119.47621	754.63226	3.981082	10.705882	119.7452	758.963	3.5417283	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	e	123.45729	754.63226	3.981082	10.705882	123.73525	758.963	3.4161987	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	e	127.43837	754.63226	3.981082	10.705882	127.71633	758.963	3.4161987	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	d	131.41945	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	131.55394	756.79315	4.590797	6.240615	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	i	135.90265	754.63226	2.4926593	10.705882	136.342	757.05316	1.9277761	5.9626565	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	n	138.39531	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	138.52084	758.963	4.124544	4.03488	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	g	142.87851	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	142.95024	758.963	4.16041	5.801261	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	s	147.36171	754.63226	3.4879298	10.705882	147.50517	758.95404	3.13824	4.0797124	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal

1	TEXT	o	153.09125	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	153.33334	758.963	3.9541826	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	f	157.57445	754.63226	2.4926593	10.705882	156.2564	756.83795	5.119815	7.9352646	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal

1	TEXT	t	162.30872	754.63226	2.4926593	10.705882	162.64047	758.02155	2.3222978	4.994285	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	h	164.80138	754.63226	4.4832	10.705882	164.97174	756.79315	4.1155777	6.204749	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal
1	TEXT	e	169.28458	754.63226	3.981082	10.705882	169.56253	758.963	3.4161987	4.052813	LMQTGC+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal